Smoking Prevention Activities at the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Schneidrová, Dagmar; Herotová, Tereza Kopřivová; Šustková, Magdaléna

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“…The most frequent were attempts in the youngest smokers (15-24 years), in 40.4% of cases (4,5). As for quitting attempts and readiness in our sample, 18.4% of current smokers from the Master's Study Programme and 26.1% of smokers from the Bachelor's Study Programme had tried to quit smoking at least once in the past.…”

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“…5.3% of current regular/daily smokers and 18% of current occasional smokers) was lower compared to the Czech population group aged 15-24 years with the highest prevalence among age population groups (33.6%, i.e. 28.2% smoking at least 1 cigarette per day, 5.4% smoking less than 1 cigarette per day) (4)(5)(6).…”

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“…Regarding the quantity of cigarettes smoked per day -the most students reported [1][2][3][4][5] Table 3. Using tobacco products (5.6% women and 2.3% men) reported more than 20 cigarettes smoked per day.…”

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Smoking Habits and Attitudes in Students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

Schneidrová¹,

Herotová²,

Šustková³

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYAim: This study seeks to assess smoking habits, attitudes and intention to quit in students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.Methods: A cross-sectional survey designed to obtain information on smoking history, current smoking status, cessation attempts, and attitudes towards smoking among health professionals was conducted in 452 students of the first and last years of a 6-year Master's Study Programme (General Medicine) and a 3-year Bachelor's Study Programme (Public Health). An anonymous questionnaire was administered during the classes in the course of academic years 2011-12 and 2012-13.Results: 5.7% of the Master's Study Programme students (3.3% women and 9.0% men ) and 4.8% of the Bachelor's Study Programme students reported that they are regular smokers. The share of regular smokers was almost twice as big in students of the English Curriculum of the Master's Programme (10.7%) in comparison with the students of the Czech Curriculum (4.5%), and more than twice as big in students of the last years of both study programmes (3.9% in students of the 1st year and 10.8% in students of the 6th year of the Master's Programme; 3.2% in students of the 1st year and 7.0% in students of the 3rd year of the Bachelor's Study Programme). At the time of the research, 18.9% of students of the Master's Programme and 17.1% of students of the Bachelor's Programme were occasional smokers. 5.9% of students of the Master's Programme and 19.0% of students of the Bachelor's Programme reported that they quit smoking during their studies at the medical faculty; on the contrary, 9.8% of students of the Master's Programme and 14.3% of students of the Bachelor's Programme started smoking during that time.Conclusions: Smoking in health professionals undermines their significant role in health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases in their patients. Therefore, education at the medical faculty should focus on motivation of future health professionals towards non-smoking except providing knowledge on current research and guidance on early identification and further intervention in smokers.

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Smoking Habits and Attitudes in Students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

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“…The implementation of a tobacco curriculum and smok- ing cessation counselling for medical students would probably reduce the number of smokers and would be effective in preventing smoking initiation. This has been already established at the university in the Czech Republic (27). Nonetheless, further measures are necessary to discourage smoking among Polish medical students.…”

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Self-reported Oral Health Behaviour among Scandinavian and Polish Medical Students Studying in Poland

Rodakowska¹,

Kierklo²,

Jamiołkowski³

2016

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SUMMARYAim: The aim of the study was to assess the self-reported oral health behaviour of Scandinavian and Polish medical students studying in Poland. Methods: Three hundred and fifty subjects took part in the questionnaire survey. They were the 4th to 6th year Scandinavian and Polish medical students attending the same medical school. Test-retest reliability demonstrated an accepted level of kappa > 0.50. The questionnaire comprised issues dealing with demographics, dental health behaviour, fluoride tablet recommendation, self-rated oral health, and smoking habit. Statistical analyses were performed using the Fisher-Freeman-Halton test, Fisher's exact test and the multiple logistic regression. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: Gender and nationality statistical differences were observed regarding the frequency of visiting a dentist: more Polish females visited a dentist less than a year ago (p = 0.011), the reasons for visiting a dentist -check up, filling (p = 0.002; p = 0.040); the frequency of tooth brushing was higher among Polish females compared to Polish males and Scandinavian females (p < 0.001; p < 0.001). Polish males ate sweet snacks significantly more often than Polish females and Scandinavian males (p = 0.018; p = 0.004). In the logistic regression analysis factors were independently associated with visiting a dentist at least once a year: female gender (OR = 2.310; 95% CI 1.381-3.865), Polish nationality (OR = 3.833; 95% CI 2.293-6.408). Associations with the female gender were significant for the following dependent variables: visiting a dentist more than a year ago (OR = 1.913; 95% CI 1.192-3.070), brushing teeth at least once a day (OR = 3.759; 95% CI 1.567-9.017), and use of dental floss (OR = 2.249; 95% CI 1.445-3.503). Polish nationality was associated with an increasing rate of brushing teeth for at least 3 minutes (OR = 2.435; 95% CI 1.526-3.885), and smoking cigarettes (OR = 2.340; 95% CI 1.336-4.098).Conclusions: Better prognosis for maintaining good oral health was established in the Scandinavian group of students. Polish females took greater care of their teeth than Polish males and the majority of their Scandinavian counterparts.

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Smoking Prevention Activities at the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

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Smoking Habits and Attitudes in Students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

Smoking Habits and Attitudes in Students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

Self-reported Oral Health Behaviour among Scandinavian and Polish Medical Students Studying in Poland

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